If I am posting a question about an old topic, I am sorry. I was out the other day in Rhode Island and came across some MBTA equipment stored in sidings off Roger Williams Way in Quonset, which included MARC 66. I was wondering if anyone had any info on what is going on with this unit, as well as the other equipment down at Quonset. Again, apologies if I am bringing up an old topic. I posted a couple of photos on my blog: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bc5v7RIp0DQ/ ... PARKED.jpg

MBCR was the lessor for those units, not the MBTA. And MBCR scrammed out of town after their contract expired without paying the waybill to return those 3 units to MPI. So the T moved them out of BET and grouped them down there with the stored MBB coaches, and they'll just be sitting there until MPI decides it needs them back. Which probably won't be soon since MPI techs are still going to be hanging around New England through Spring/Summer doing firmware upgrades and other 1-year warranty mods to the HSP-46's. When they finally get hauled away, the residual MBCR entity (it still exists for processing closeout costs/paperwork) will get billed a late fee on the waybill. And if they don't pay that, they'll get taken to small claims court.

If MPI gets another order for MP32PH-Q locomotives, those will probably be the Geep carbodies that get gutted and repowered as new units. Sunrail's 32's were all made up from the same fleet of cut-up MARC GP40WH-2's as those three leasers.

For what it's worth, the MBTX 66 went through Pocatello, ID on April 3, headed west. I'm guessing it was going to MotivePower in Boise, maybe for overhaul or upgrade. First "T" unit I've seen here since 2014, when bunch of brand-new 2000 series commuter(?) locomotives (manufactured by MotivePower) went through here headed east, in groups of 2, 3, or 4 at a time, over the period between June & November. Funny, no one out here had any idea what the "Circle T" insignia was all about (except me, 'cause I grew up in Canton and rode the old MTA into Boston frequently in the 50's & 60's). I'd be happy to hear from anyone who knows for sure what the 66 is doing out here.